Tag Archives: Antivirus

Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) for Windows 7 receive definition updates after January 14, 2020

Posted on 2019-12-18 by guenni

[German]Microsoft made an U turn. If you run Windows 7 SP1 after January 14, 2020 and use the Microsoft Security Essentials as antivirus software, you will still receive signature updates (against the previous announcement). Advertising

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Trend Micro WFBS 10.0 SP1: Patch Build 2185 released

Posted on 2019-12-12 by guenni

[German]Just a brief note: Trend Micro has released Patch Build 2185 for its Worry Free Business Security (TM WFBS) Version 10.0 Service Pack 1. This provides Windows 10 V1909 compatibility and some fixes of know issues. Advertising

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Windows 7: Soon End-of-Life for Microsoft Security Essentials

Posted on 2019-12-10 by guenni

[German]Just a notification for Windows 7 SP1 users, who are using Microsofts Security Essentials (MSE) as an antivirus solution. Redmond stops updating the Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) soon. MSE is reaching End-of-Life (EOL). Advertising

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Fix for 2 Symantec Endpoint Protection LPE vulnerabilities

Posted on 2019-11-16 by guenni

[German]Symantec Endpoint Protection had two Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities (LPE), CVE-2019-12757 and CVE-2019-12758, which the company closed in version 14.2 RU2. Advertising

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McAfee patches vulnerability in antivirus products

Posted on 2019-11-13 by guenni

[German]McAfee had to patch a Local Privlege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in all editions of its antivirus software for Windows, allowing potential attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges. Advertising

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XSS Vulnerability in AVAST Antivirus

Posted on 2019-11-12 by guenni

[German]An XSS vulnerability has been found in the desktop version of AVAST Antivirus for Windows. An attacker could have attacked a system using manipulated WLAN SSID names. Advertising

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Trend Micro WFBS 10.0 SP1: Patch Build 2179 with fixes

Posted on 2019-11-07 by guenni

[German]A brief addendum. Trend Micro has released a ‘bug fix’ patch with build 2179 for its Worry Free Business Security version 10.0 Service Pack 1 on November 5, 2019. Advertising

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Trend Micro WFBS 10.0 SP1: Patch Build 2178

Posted on 2019-11-01 by guenni

[German]Just a brief information; Trend Micro has removed the patch build 2178 for its Worry Free Business Security (TM WFBS) version 10.0 Service Pack 1 from it’s website. Advertising

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Trend Micro WFBS 10.0 SP1: Patch Build 2178 reports Spyware

Posted on 2019-10-31 by guenni

[German]A brief addendum to Trend Micro WFBS 10.0 SP1: Patch Build 2178. It looks like this patch is causing some minor issues. Several readers reported, that suddenly a spyware infection is reported on the clients during the scan. Advertising

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Trend Micro WFBS 10.0 SP1: Patch Build 2178 released

Posted on 2019-10-27 by guenni

[German]Trend Micro has released a patch with build 2178 for its Worry Free Business Security version 10.0 Service Pack 1 on October 26, 2019. This patch is supposed to close a 0-day vulnerability in the web console. Advertising

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